Deconstruction
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Questions to answer in your Congo diary:
1. Who is Jaques Derrida and when did deconstruction gain popularity?
2. What do deconstructionists believe about meaning in a text?
3. What are binary oppositions and how are they important to deconstruction?
4. Explain how one term in a binary opposition can be considered privileged.
5. What does a deconstructionist look for when reading a text?
6. As deconstructionist, what might you look for in Heart of Darkness?
7. What do you think are the strengths of this approach? The weaknesses?
2. What do deconstructionists believe about meaning in a text?
3. What are binary oppositions and how are they important to deconstruction?
4. Explain how one term in a binary opposition can be considered privileged.
5. What does a deconstructionist look for when reading a text?
6. As deconstructionist, what might you look for in Heart of Darkness?
7. What do you think are the strengths of this approach? The weaknesses?